{"id":16651,"date":"2020-05-03T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2020\/05\/mcconnell-pelosi-decline-trump-administration-offer-of-rapid-coronavirus-tests-for-congress\/"},"modified":"2020-05-03T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T11:00:26","slug":"mcconnell-pelosi-decline-trump-administration-offer-of-rapid-coronavirus-tests-for-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2020\/05\/03\/mcconnell-pelosi-decline-trump-administration-offer-of-rapid-coronavirus-tests-for-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell, Pelosi decline Trump administration offer of rapid coronavirus tests for Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"TSRVeQ\">In a joint statement on Saturday, Congressman Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declined to offer Trump&#39;s congressional members a quick offer of a coronavirus test.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yZDxVR\">\u201cThe Capitol is grateful for the generous proposal to distribute the rapid COVID-19 test function to Capitol Hill, but at the moment, we are refusing it with respect. &quot;Our country&#39;s testing capabilities continue to expand across the country, and Congress wants to continue to deliver resources to the forefront facilities that can do the fastest.&quot;<\/p>\n<p id=\"UyuHJd\">Minister of Health and Welfare <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecAzar\/status\/1256420542971875330?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Azar tweeted late on Friday<\/a> 1,000 tests and 3 quick results test machines were available. The president tweeted that there was \u201ca tremendous coronavirus test capability for senators\u201d to report to Washington D.C. today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"J33Wo7\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senators, who return to Capital Hill on Monday, have tremendous corona virus testing capabilities in Washington. Likewise, it doesn&#39;t come back because of Nancy P, but the house uses a 5 minute Abbott test. Dr. Please tell Brian P. Monahan. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMeadows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1256570859935932416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 2, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6326\/politico\/congress_1__container__\">Capitol Hill&#39;s physician, Dr. Brian Monahan, told GOP officials on Thursday that he had only the ability to test sick senators and staff. <em>Polytico<\/em> Reported. Monahan&#39;s office has issued safety guidelines for Hill employees. It is not necessary to wear a mask, but a mask is recommended. All Hill employees are subject to daily health assessments and temperature checks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a joint statement on Saturday, Congressman Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declined to offer Trump&#39;s congressional members a quick offer of a coronavirus test. \u201cThe Capitol is grateful for the generous proposal to distribute the rapid COVID-19 test function to Capitol Hill, but at the moment, we are refusing it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}